Altoona Mirror14h
Clean-up results in $500 for Portage Public Library
The groups have organized Earth Day Cleanup Activities since 2000. This year, they opted to allow the entire student body — kindergarten through 12th grade — to participate in an aluminum can ...
Space on MSN1d
Hera probe snaps its 1st images of Earth and moon on way to asteroid crash site
The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's ...
CBS News29d
Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year
Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving ...
AOL26d
Earth will get a second moon for nearly 57 days this year
Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving ...
The New York Times23d
The Sun Will Destroy the Earth One Day, Right? Maybe Not.
Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun ...
Business Insider25d
Earth is about to get a 2nd moon for 57 days only. Here's what you need to know.
Earth is about to pluck a second moon from an asteroid belt — but we only get this mini-moon for 57 days. It's an asteroid about the size of a school bus, at 35 feet long, and it has a typical ...
The Washington Post29d
For 57 days this fall, Earth will have a second moon
Say hello to Earth’s temporary new mini-moon. From Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, a passing asteroid will be pulled in by Earth’s gravity — sort of like a window shopper — before returning to its ...
The Independent23d
Earth to get a ‘mini moon’ this month, scientists reveal
Earth tends to pull asteroids into partial or full orbits around it regularly before they are flung back out into space. Artist’s impression of asteroid in space (NASA/JPL-Caltech) For instance ...
ABC News1mon
Asteroid to enter Earth's orbit temporarily: What to know about 'mini-moon'
The asteroid will orbit the Earth for about two months starting from Sept. 29. The Earth is getting a second moon for a limited time beginning the end of September. An asteroid will come close ...
Al Jazeera English28d
Earth to get a mini-moon for two months, but what is it?
Mini-moons are asteroids which have been pulled by the Earth’s gravity into orbit around the planet and remain there until they become dislodged and move away again. The length of time these ...
USA Today20d
An asteroid known as a 'mini-moon' will join Earth's orbit for 2 months starting Sunday
Beginning Sunday, Earth's skies will soon have a temporary visitor. On September 29, an asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 will become a "mini-moon" of sorts, temporarily entering Earth's orbit for almost ...